Ex-Rep. Miranda gets 27 months for charity theft
Disgraced former lawmaker Richard Miranda will go to prison for 27 months for stealing from a charity he ran.
The rumor mill keeps on turning
The rumor mill was spinning furiously yesterday, as word began circulating that Crandall was planning to pull up stakes and move out of state to Utah as soon as this weekend.
GOP touts $2.5B in tax cuts, but critics say Arizona can’t afford them
Policymakers often point to the state’s conservative spending plan that eschewed accounting gimmicks and set aside money for rainy days as the biggest victory of the Republican supermajority.
Tempe mulls bond election for dam replacements
Tempe is mulling a $10.5 million bond election to help pay to replace the rubber dams at Tempe Town Lake.
Arizona 1-cent sales tax initiative backers cite progress
Supporters of a proposed Arizona ballot initiative for a 1-cent sales tax increase are reporting success in getting signatures to put the measure on the November ballot.
Brakes put on 1 of 3 challenges to Arizona immigration law
A judge has put the brakes on one of the three remaining legal challenges to Arizona's 2010 immigration law because lawyers who brought that case missed several filing deadlines.
Tombstone striking out in courts in water fight
Tombstone calls itself "the town too tough to die" thanks to an Old West history that includes the shootout at the OK Corral, but the tiny southeastern Arizona city says the health and safety of its modern-day residents are imperiled by unreasonable U.S. Forest Service officials.
Court filing in Arredondo bribery case hints at another ‘large-scale’ investigation
A new motion to seal evidence in the federal bribery case against Rep. Ben Arredondo reveals that another investigation connected the Tempe Democrat is “large scale.”
Bennett not looking into Romney’s birthplace
Arizona's secretary of state has no plans to look into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's birthplace, despite requests from the public.
Hearing set in challenge to Arizona immigration law
A judge presiding over challenges to Arizona's immigration enforcement law will hear arguments Monday over a request by the law's opponents for class-action status in their lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law.
Arizona juries can consider lesser charges court says
A new court ruling says Arizona judges can tell trial juries to consider lesser charges against a defendant even if the defense and prosecution object.